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Rang on the phone and gave the game away (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

told

'gave the game away' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'rang on the phone' is the wordplay.
'rang' becomes 'tolled' (tolling is a kind of ringing).
'on the phone' shows a homophone (sound like).
'tolled' sounds like 'TOLD'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for told that I've seen before include "Assured" , "Said" , "Made an impact" , "instructed" , "Authorised - broadcast" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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